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Enzyme In Broccoli Appears to Slow Aging (& Benefits You in Other Powerful Ways) By Dr.

Enzyme In Broccoli Appears to Slow Aging (& Benefits You in Other Powerful Ways)

Joseph Mercola | mercola.com. They Call it the Healthiest Food But It Destroys Your Thyroid and Causes Brain Damage.

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The Many Medicinal Properties of Food. Dr.

The Many Medicinal Properties of Food

MercolaWaking Times Your lifestyle can be generally healing and supportive of good health, or the root of disease. Exercise, for example, has been shown to be as effective as modern drugs for heart disease and diabetes. Additives. Milk. Recipes. Groundbreaking Discovery: Animal Cells Powered by. The Mother Of All Antioxidants. Two Popular Foods May Turn Immune System Against Brain. Sayer Ji, GreenMedInfoWaking Times A new study published in the open access journal Nutrients titled, “The Prevalence of Antibodies against Wheat and Milk Proteins in Blood Donors and Their Contribution to Neuroimmune Reactivities,” implicates two of the Western world’s most popular foods in various forms of immune-mediated brain damage and dysfunction, including gluten ataxia and multiple sclerosis.

Two Popular Foods May Turn Immune System Against Brain

A group of U.S. researchers set out to ascertain the presence of IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies against wheat and milk, in 400 blood samples, from 181 males and 219 female donors of mixed ancestry. Because wheat and milk antibodies have been found in elevated concentrations in various neuroimmune disorders, the researchers measured the co-occurrence of their antibodies against the following brain proteins: GAD-65 (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase)Cerebellar peptidesMBP (myelin basic protein)MOG (myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein) The results were reported in the study abstract as follows: 20 Ingredients To Memorize and Avoid In Any Food You Consume. Marco Torres, Prevent DiseaseWaking Times Artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, emulsifiers, sweeteners have saturated the food supply for more than four decades.

20 Ingredients To Memorize and Avoid In Any Food You Consume

We are on the precipice of discovering what our toxic food industry has done to our bodies and our environment. There is a heightened awareness and a sense of caution on the minds of most grocery shoppers, so let’s make it easier for them. Here are 25 of the most common toxic ingredients you must avoid in foods. The discovery of even one of these ingredients on a food label means “stay away.” This list is by no means all inclusive as there are dozens of other culprits, but these are the most commonly used by the food industry with little regard to consumer’s health. 1. Artificial flavorings are derived from chemicals made in a laboratory and offer absolutely no nutritional value and are a magnet for processed foods. 2. 3. 4.

MSG is not a nutrient, vitamin, or mineral and has no health benefits. 5. 6. 7. 8. Vegetarians vs. Meat-eaters: Standoff is Over. Flickr Vadim KirillovPravda Until recently, due to the lack of quality statistical studies, too great of a role in the great debate between vegetarians and meat eaters was played by a rhetorical component.

Vegetarians vs. Meat-eaters: Standoff is Over

A large-scale study involving 120,000 people showed that consumption of red meat significantly reduces life expectancy. The position of vegetarians, due to the lack of data on long-term effects of meat diet on health, often boiled down to not always scientifically sound and ethical reasoning. Diet Soda, Aspartame Shown to Destroy Kidney Function. In an 11-year study by scientists at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, there was a strong positive correlation found between degeneration of kidney function and consumption of aspartame-containing diet soda.

Diet Soda, Aspartame Shown to Destroy Kidney Function

Published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the study followed 3,318 women for a number of years as they consumed diet soda containing artificial sweeteners like Aspartame. Scientists took into account each participant’s age, blood pressure, smoking habits (when applicable), and pre-existing conditions like heart disease or diabetes, and administered food frequency questionnaires in 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998. Two or more diet drinks daily, it was found, led to a doubled risk in fast-paced kidney decline. A separate study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that, contrary to safety claims made by the manufacturers of aspartame, health-related concerns including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia still abound. Banned Ingredients: Unhealthy Food Additives in US Food. You think the FDA has your back?

Banned Ingredients: Unhealthy Food Additives in US Food

Sure, they recently proposed two new regulations to up food safety measures, specifically how food processors and farmers can work better to keep their fresh products free of dangerous bacteria (remember that killer cantaloupe outbreak from 2011?). But while it may seem like the government is out to protect us from bad—even fatal—food-borne illnesses, which cause some 3,000 deaths a year, they don't completely have our best interest—or health—in mind.

“For numerous suspicious and disturbing reasons, the U.S. has allowed foods that are banned in many other developed countries into our food supply,” says nutritionist Mira Calton who, together with her husband Jayson Calton, Ph.D., wrote the new book Rich Food, Poor Food due out this February. “If you see any of the following ingredients listed on the nutrition label, don’t buy the product,” Calton warns. RELATED: Eating healthy doesn't cost as much as you think!